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WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Oversight Committee Members received a bipartisan briefing from D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Police Chief Pamela Smith on the rising, unchecked crime impacting the nation’s capital city. The substantive and meaningful discussion included steps Congress can take to assist efforts to combat rising crime and what actions local officials are currently implementing to ensure the safety of ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation Chairwoman Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) today delivered opening remarks at a hearing titled “White House Policy on AI.” In her opening statement, Subcommittee Chairwoman Mace detailed how the Biden Administration’s executive order on artificial intelligence and subsequent OMB draft guidance task federal agencies with ...

WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) announced a Full Committee Member Day hearing on December 11, 2023. “The House Oversight Committee has a duty to ensure our government is more effective, efficient, transparent, and accountable to the American people. At our Member Day hearing, we will hear from Americans’ elected representatives about ...

WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) called on General Services Administration (GSA) Acting Inspector General Robert Erickson to investigate potential political influence in the site selection process for the new Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarters. “GSA must be fair and transparent in its operations. Its real estate dealings should consider only what is best for taxpayers ...

WASHNGTON—Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) today opened a subcommittee hearing titled “The Importance of Protecting Female Athletics and Title IX.” Subcommittee Chairwoman McClain opened the hearing by discussing how instead of defending the hard-fought protections that Title IX secured, the Biden ...

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) sent a letter to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Robert Califf requesting a staff-level briefing on the efficacy of over-the-counter drugs after a recent advisory committee concluded a commonly used oral decongestant is ineffective. “Since 2006, phenylephrine has been branded as an oral decongestant ingredient in popular OTC drugs branded as Sudafed, Theraflu, ...